December 23 vs Lightning at Capital One ArenaTime: 7:00TV: Monumental SportsRadio: 106.7 FM, Capitals Radio 24/7Washington Capitals 17-9-4 PP% 12.5(28th) PP% 82.3(9th) Faceoff% 47.6(26th)Tampa Bay Lightning 16-13-5 PP% 30.9(3rd) PP% 79.4(19th) Faceoff% 51.7(8th)Caps anticipated lines:Ovechkin(C)
8 - Strome
17 - Wilson
43Protas
21 - McMichael
24 - Mantha
39Lapierre
29 - Kuznetsov
92 - Miroschnichenko
63Malenstyn
47 - Dowd
26 - Aubé-Kubel
96Fehervary
42 - Carlson(A)
74Sandin
38 - van Riemsdyk
57Edmundson
6 - Jensen
3Lindgren
79PP1:
PP2:
scratched:
Kuemper
35 - backup
Alexeyev
27Phillips
45IR:
Milano
15 - upper body
Oshie
77 - lower body
LTIR:
Pacioretty
67 - achilles
Backstrom
19 - hip - season
Bolts anticipated lines:Paul 20 - Point 21 - Kucherov 86
Hagel 38 - Cirelli 71 - Stamkos 91
Jeannot 84 - Glendening 11 - Sheary 73
Eyssimont 23 - Motte 64 - Barre-Boulet 12
Hedman 77 - Raddysh 43
de Haan 44 - Cernak 81
Fleury 7 - Perbix 48
Vasilevskiy 88
Johansson 31 - backup
tonight’s zebras:Jon McIsaac 2, Ghislain Hebert 22
Mark Shewchyk 92, David Brisebois 96
https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/caps-host-bolts-ahead-of-holiday-breakscoring summary1st period:Glendening from Hedman at 7:29
2nd period:Mantha(10) from Jensen(5) and Protas(13) at 2:02
3rd period:no goals
OT:no goals
SO:Kuznetsov ✅ Stamkos ❎
Strome ❎ Point ✅
Ovechkin ❎ Kucherov ❎
McMichael ❎ Hedman ✅
Caps lose 2-1